Castanea mollissima vs chestnut

chestnut vs Castanea mollissima

Castanea mollissima and chestnut both are nouns.

Castanea mollissima is not an adjective while chestnut is an adjective.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Castanea mollissima	Yes	No	No	No
chestnut	Yes	Yes	No	No

As nouns, chestnut is a hypernym of Castanea mollissima; that is, chestnut is a word with a broader meaning than Castanea mollissima:

Castanea mollissima: a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China
chestnut: any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur

Other hypernyms of Castanea mollissima include chestnut tree.

Castanea mollissima (noun)	chestnut (noun)
a small tree with small sweet nuts; wild or naturalized in Korea and China	a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse
	a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg
	the brown color of chestnuts
	edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea
	any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur
	wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea

Castanea mollissima (adjective)	chestnut (adjective)
	(of hair or feathers) of a golden brown to reddish brown color

Difference between Castanea mollissima and chestnut

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